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to the shame of those who neglect it, be it said, 
that the tree, when established, is of an un- 
usaily hardy nature, and nothing but the most 
culpable carelessness or palpable ignorance, is 
sufficient to injure or destroy it/ 
The due cultivation of the Coffee tree, so as 
to obtain from it yearly a certain quantity of 
fruit, without distressing the parent too much, 
has been a subject of immeasurable importance 
to those persons engaged in its study ; but a 
considerable diversity of opinion has occurred 
as to the best means to be adopted to gain the 
desired object.—This being acknowledged, it 
cannot be wondered at, that I should approach 
the subject of the present Essay, with much 
diffidence, and with all due deference to the 
opinions of those who have preceded me, and 
with whom I may differ. I purpose/ therefore, 
to give the result of my own experience acquir¬ 
ed from the management of Coffee properties 
for several years, during which time I applied 
myself strictly to arrive at the best mode of cul¬ 
tivating '-offee fields, to insure a good annual 
return from them, and the most effectual manner 
of manufacturing the produce so obtained, with 
a view to the improvement of its quality, in or¬ 
der to attain profit and pleasure. 
The Coffee Tree, according to Botanists, is 
thus described —** Cojjfea Arabica , or Jasminum 
Arabicum —a genus of the Pentandria order, be¬ 
longing to the Monogynia class of plants, pu« 
ranking in the natural method, under the order 
of Rubiacce* 
Upon the authority of Monsier Raynal, we 
are assured that the Coffee Tree came original¬ 
ly from Upper Ethiopia, where it was know* 
